South Dakota-1953: Farmer Opens Gate For Cattle Herd To Flock Out

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationSouth Dakota, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 South Dakota

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Farmer Opens Gate For Cattle Herd To Flock Out — Clip Details

A farmer in a wide-brimmed hat opens a wooden gate on a South Dakota ranch in 1953, allowing a herd of cattle to move through. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the rustic farm setting with weathered wooden fencing and dry grass under a bright sky. The grainy, color-bleached visuals evoke a nostalgic, authentic slice of mid-century rural life. The farmer’s deliberate movements and the cattle’s steady progression highlight the daily rhythm of farm work. This vintage home movie offers authentic archival footage of American agriculture in the 1950s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127722121

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1953 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: South Dakota, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s American agriculture edits needing authentic 8mm ranch work, cattle handling, or rural South Dakota daily-life coverage.
Period detail: The footage shows weathered wooden fencing, open grassland, cattle, and a wide-brimmed hat, consistent with mid-century ranch work described in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes routine gate work at close range, giving the action an unstaged home-movie feel rather than a formal agricultural demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wooden gate, rough fence rails, a hat-wearing farmer, cattle, dry grass, open sky, and ranch structures or enclosures.
Film character: The scan has soft focus, visible grain, color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of original 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, rural transition, agricultural cutaway, or memory beat within a sequence on ranch life or cattle work.
Historical context: The clip visually situates cattle movement as hands-on ranch labor, with human movement, fencing, and herd behavior carrying the scene more than narration.
Research note: A person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property considerations should be assessed separately from the footage description.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s South Dakota ranch footage, 8mm cattle herd gate scene, vintage farmer home movie, and rural American agriculture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with South Dakota or 1953 ranch material, and then with broader cattle, farming, and rural labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 South Dakota ranch view showing a weathered wooden gate, rough fencing, and cattle partly obscured by the rails. — Cattle and weathered fencing at the ranch gate.

A farmer in a wide-brimmed hat works at a wooden ranch gate in the South Dakota cattle scene. — Farmer opens or adjusts the ranch gate.

Close 8mm view of ranch fencing with cattle passing behind a pale wooden rail. — Cattle move behind the foreground fence rail.

Wide South Dakota ranch view with cattle moving through dry grass near fence posts beneath a bright sky. — Cattle gather or move through the dry fenced pasture.

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